The Electronic Sports League will be holding the Call of Duty World League “Pro Division” Qualifying Invitational for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III in California on Dec. 4-6. Multiple teams will be competing for their chance to qualify for the first season of the new Call of Duty World League at the start of 2016.

Location

The North American qualifier will be held at the ESL Studio in California, while the European qualifier will be held in Cologne, Germany and the Australian/New Zealand qualifier will be held in Australia.

Basic Information

The best teams from each region were invited to compete this weekend for their chance to qualify for a spot in the newly-formed Call of Duty World League. Check below for a full list of all the teams competing this weekend, as well as what group they are in and what the first-round matchups are.

North America

Group A:

Apotheon eSports

Enigma6 Gold

OpTic Gaming

Team Orbit

Game 1: OpTic Gaming vs. Team Orbit

Game 2: Apotheon eSports vs. Enigma6 Gold

Group B:

3sUP Enterprises

Luminosity Gaming

Rise Nation

Team eLevate

Game 1: 3sUP Enterprises vs. Rise Nation

Game 2: Luminosity Gaming vs. Team eLevate

Group C:

Dream Team

Team EnVyUs

Team Kaliber

Counter Logic Gaming

Game 1: Team EnVyUs vs. Counter Logic Gaming

Game 2: Dream Team vs. Team Kaliber

Group D:

compLexity Gaming

FaZe Clan

(MerK’s Team)

(Tipsy’s Team)

Game 1: FaZe Clan vs. (Tipsy’s Team)

Game 2: compLexity Gaming vs. (MerK’s Team)

Europe

Group A:

Epsilon eSports

Giants Gaming

Team Infused

Team Vitality

Game 1: Team Infused vs. Team Vitality

Game 2: Epsilon eSports vs. Giants Gaming

Group B:

FAB Games

Millenium

Team Orbit

(Joshh’s Team)

Game 1: Millenium vs. (Joshh’s Team)

Game 2: FAB Games vs. Team Orbit

Australia/New Zealand

Group A:

Avidity

Citadel Gaming

Original

Plantronics.MindFreak

Game 1: Avidity vs. Plantronics.MindFreak

Game 2: Citadel Gaming vs. Original

Group B:

Plantronics nV

Sway Gaming

Tainted Minds

Team Immunity

Game 1: Team Immunity vs. Sway Gaming

Game 2: Plantronics nV vs. Tainted Minds

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Call of Duty also announced the basic format for group play in this qualifier. “These teams will compete in best-of-five series starting with the matchups listed above. From there, the top two teams from each group will advance to the Call of Duty World League.”

Basically, in order to earn a spot in the Call of Duty World League, you need to win two matches before you lose two matches. As the image above shows, the first two teams in each group to win two matches will qualify for the World League.

A ruleset for this qualifier was officially announced and you can view this ruleset by clicking the link here.

Event Schedule

This qualifying tournament is scheduled to begin on Friday, Dec. 4 in North America, Saturday, Dec. 5 in Europe and Sunday, Dec. 6 in Austraila/New Zealand. Gameplay for all regions at this event will conclude on Dec. 6. All of the matches will be streamed live at the official Call of Duty eSports website.

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